Fellow
Current Country
Australia 🇦🇺
Current City
The Barossa Valley (Home!)
What have you been going through and experiencing?
When did I lose my sense of play, and what environments make my sense of play return?
January 31, 2026
Intuition
Cultivating inner knowing
A question currently animating me about the inner life/spirit is:
When did I lose my sense of play, and what environments make my sense of play return?
January 31, 2026
A question currently animating me about the outer world/universe/multiverse is:
How can we as a collective regain our lives in an age where our attention is the most valuable commodity?
January 31, 2026
The practices I’m finding most helpful at the moment are:
Prayer
January 31, 2026
A moment I noticed my inner light kindled this month was:
When I bumped into an old friend while staying in a small beach town. It was a by chance encounter, and it was so lovely to reconnect with him! We ended up talking for 4 hours, and somehow it felt like no time had passed at all.
January 31, 2026
A moment I noticed my inner light dwindled this month was:
Balancing my commitments at home! Juggling home life, university preparations, travel plans, and work has been a little overwhelming lately.
January 31, 2026
Courage
Aligning action
Assumptions I'm examining right now are:
Other
January 31, 2026
I originally assumed:
The concept of 'play' is naturally (and societally) meant to fade with age.
January 31, 2026
These assumptions are changing:
This is idea is socially constructed, shaped by norms that equate adulthood with seriousness and productivity, when in reality, play is a way of exploring, risk taking, and creating, the things that makes us human!
January 31, 2026
A moment I stepped out of my comfort zone this month was:
In the spirit of play, I swung on a swing for the first time in years as I played with my 10-year-old sister at the playground. I challenged my own internal and societal external norms regarding what it means to play as an adult.
January 31, 2026
Compassion
Engaged Empathy
Something that is helping me build trusting relationships here is:
Learning to wise words!
January 31, 2026
Digital Detox Retreat
22
Being intentionally away from technology and distractions has taught me:
How fulfilled my life is when I’m in the mountains, rivers, and trees. The sensation of inner being and connection to the sacred when I’m present with Mother Earth.
October 30, 2025
Gratitude
Peers I'm grateful for:
Mariana Mejía Luis Juan
Thank you for sharing your beautiful animation metaphor. I thought it was very poignant and heartfelt, and I felt as though I could relate to it a lot. It was also lovely connecting with you once again!
January 31, 2026
Naomi Løvstad Wettstein
Thank you for our continuing friendship, and always being there to talk, its so lovely learning about your journey in Patagonia <33
December 31, 2025
Kashimani Simasiku
Thank you for your unique perspectives, I love whenever we chat!
December 1, 2025
Kashimani Simasiku
Hey Kash, I am really glad we got to chat last Friday during our one on one chat. It was so lovely getting to know you, and I can’t wait to see how our relationship flourishes!
October 30, 2025
Naomi Løvstad Wettstein
Thank you for our call last week. Even though we haven’t met one another yet, I cannot wait to see our friendship flourish and see where our adventures in the near future will take us <33
September 29, 2025
Douglas Teixeira de Queiroz Santos
Doug! It has been absolutely wonderful being able to get to know you more. Our conversations throughout the past couple of weeks have been so enriching and have really made me think more introspectively about my life, the world, and travel in general <3
September 3, 2025
Catalina Cox
Thank you for your support with helping me navigate timezones! From helping me throughout the UWC app process to even now over 3 yrs later I'm really so grateful for everything you have supported me with <3
July 28, 2025
Peers who have expressed gratitude for me:
Lexi Bennett-Williams
Thank you (to you and Naomi) for leading such a lovely session, I really enjoy discussing this topic!! Also thank you for a lovely meet up, what so comforting to see a familiar face!
November 6, 2025
Naomi Løvstad Wettstein
This wavelength we are riding on, has had me on a high. Being in such similar shoes has allowed for seeds to be planted here. I can’t wait to watch our relationship grow. I look forward to more conversations with you and continuation of these awesome waves. Thank you Lauren!
September 30, 2025
Lydia Belz
reaching out to me when the flight school first started. It helped me to feel more like I was joining a community.
August 5, 2025
Magical Moments
Flamingos in the Andes!
Salar de Uyuni
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Sep 27, 2025
Feeling welcomed by the world around me. 4500m above sea level, only myself and my travel companions were at this lake. Without access to wifi (or the world at large!) I felt truly present in the space I was existing in—both physically (the earth and mountains had let me inhibit this space) and mentally (I was at peace, without the buzz of the world beyond).